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Chapter 349 Camera Customization
Their dresses and positions were too formal, and Chen Xing hated this kind of formality the most.

If he had a choice, he would probably invite everyone to dress casually, have a cup of coffee in the coffee shop, or go to the bar for a drink at night. This is Chen Xing's favorite atmosphere for chatting.

Nathan and Chen Xing walked in front of several people, and the leading vice president named Andy came over to shake hands.

Although Chen Xing didn't like this way of communication, he still had a smile on his face. Both of them smiled like old friends who haven't seen each other for several years. Then Andy first said: "Chen, there are people in our company every day Guess when you will come to Sweden, today is finally waiting for you."

The manager in charge of sales next to him said something in Swedish, and then explained in English: "This is a Swedish proverb, which probably means that those who wait for good things will never wait too long. Photographer Chen Xing, welcome to We Hasselblad came to visit."

Chen Xing was a little confused.

I'm so famous in your company, why can't I understand what I'm saying?

Made me look like a big shot.

After arriving here, Nathan's work was basically over, but he still followed behind and waited for orders. Chen Xing and the other three senior Hasselblad colleagues boasted to each other politely.

It doesn't matter if you don't like this kind of occasion, but Chen Xing never loses face on the scene.

After entering the lobby on the first floor of this building, there are more people inside. I don’t know whether it is air-conditioned or heated. Anyway, the temperature rises as soon as I enter. The two girls at the huge circular reception desk even Only his blue uniform shirt was on.

Of course, also wearing pants.

Just to show that the temperature inside is high.

The people who come and go are mostly in shirts. It can be seen that Hasselblad likes blue very much. The blue color occupies a lot of elements in the company uniforms. Some people even greeted several leaders when they passed by, and then looked at Chen Xing curiously.

This kind of curiosity is not unknown.

There is a wall on the left side of the hall. This wall is usually used to promote company policies or benefits, but it has been used to display the beautiful works shot by X2D in the past few months. There must be one of Chen Xing in about five photos.

There will be a personal introduction of the photographer along with the photos.

So everyone in the Hasselblad company basically knows Chen Xing. The content on this wall is not only displayed on the factory side, there is also such a screen in the Hasselblad building in Gothenburg.

There is a product exhibition hall inside the building.

Here you can see all the products of Hasselblad from its establishment to the present. If you look at them one by one, you can see how their appearance has evolved. Each model basically conforms to the aesthetics of the photographers at that time, but there are also stubbornness , that is for the effect of the picture, thus losing the focusing speed.

Chen Xing only used one Hasselblad camera, which is the latest X2D.

This camera is good in everything, but the focusing speed is a bit worse than the Sony A73 that Chen Xing used before.

I was not used to it at first, but after using it for a long time, I can still get used to it, and I even like the sound of the bellows during the focusing process, which has a mechanical charm.

"I thought slow focusing was just a shortcoming of X2D, but I didn't expect that all your products have this shortcoming."

Andy shook his head and said: "It can't be said that this is a shortcoming, just like God will only leave you a door or a window, while we guarantee the quality of the photos, sometimes we have to lose something, the focus speed It's the window that was lost."

"Focus speed will no longer be a problem in the future." The technical executive is full of confidence, "We have mastered the new top-notch technology, which will be used in future camera models."

Maybe the words were too full and slightly inconsistent with the real situation, and Andy quickly made up for it: "He means that we will gradually solve this problem in the future."

"Chen, besides the focusing speed, do you have any other comments on our camera?"

"No, I like him very much." Chen Xing said without looking back while looking at other models of Hasselblad cameras in the glass cabinet.

Otherwise, I won’t give up the Sony I used before and turn to Hasselblad immediately after getting it.

After thinking for a while, Chen Xing continued: "I like your monitor very much. Compared with other monitors, the Hasselblad X2D monitor has richer colors and can reflect the vivid world in front of the camera. It's very important."

Speaking of which, the tech exec smiled.

The reason why Hasselblad is expensive is not because of its brand value, but because the spare parts on various cameras are top-notch.

Be it the lens, the glass, the viewfinder, the monitor...

Walking to an office on the seventh floor, Chen Xing saw a girl with a surprised face before Andy introduced what it was for, and then came over with a notebook and a pen regardless of whether the boss was beside Chen Xing , asked crisply: "Mr. Chen? Can I have one of your autographs?"

"I?"

"Yes, I really like the photos you took, and the videos you made are also very beautiful."

Chen Xing smiled and said thank you.

Signed and photographed.

Then someone asked: "How is that old tree now? Mr. Chen."

"The local government is already protecting it, and a large area around it is now a protected area, and logging is not allowed."

"Great!"

"It's all thanks to Mr. Chen."

"That girl named Julie is also very brave..."

People in the office discussed in low voices.

Andy coughed lightly and said, "Continue to work!" Then he said to Chen Xing, "Mr. Chen Xing, let's go to the cafeteria to chat and see what you think about the customized camera. We will fulfill the contract and follow your ideas. To customize your own X2D camera."

Chen Xing's spirit was shaken, you guys are getting down to business.

Go downstairs slowly.

As a large park, Hasselblad’s cafeteria is a separate building with a special appearance. When you walk in, there are many people because it is right in the restaurant.

Naturally, they would not eat on the first floor, and there was a small room specially built for receiving guests on the second floor.

The canteen below can also be seen through the glass windows.

Chen Xing took a few glances, and asked incomprehensibly, "There are so many people in your company, why do I always hear that Hasselblad's cameras and lenses are produced very slowly?"

Andy smiled and said: "You can see that there are many people in the cafeteria, but not all of them are from our project department. Hasselblad is not only a camera manufacturer, but also has other projects. Now everyone is in this park It's just working inside."

"That's right."

"That's it. If you are interested, we can take you to see other departments in the afternoon, but there are several projects that are for military use or have higher secret authority. I can't take you there. Please understand one time."

"No, no, no." Chen Xing shook his head immediately, "I don't mean that."

He just wanted to take the camera and go out to continue shopping.

Meeting friends and enjoying the scenery are much more interesting than watching the production line in a company.

However, depending on the situation, Chen Xing cannot get this customized camera now.

Now we are just discussing the design, and it is estimated that there is still some time before I actually get the camera, and I don’t know if I can get it before I leave Northern Europe.

Now Andy basically doesn't talk much, and listens to the technical executives and Chen Xing talking about customization while eating.

The technical executive in work clothes is named Fabinho and he is in his 30s.Like many people in charge of technology, his thinking is less social, and his speech is not as smooth as Andy.For example, when Chen Xing said that he wanted to put the latest technology he talked about into his own fixed mechanism, Fabinho said nothing.

Andy interjected: "This matter still needs to be reconsidered, because no matter how much you change your customized machine, Mr. Chen Xing, first of all, he is still an X2D. It is impossible to change it to X3D or X4D for you. This is impossible. Yes, I hope you understand."

"Yes, yes, I hope you understand." Fabinho said immediately.

"Well." Chen Xing nodded, and asked again, "What about the appearance? Can I use the Chinese style? Simply put, it is to put the color style in my works into the appearance of the camera."

"I don't quite understand what you mean, but changing the look can be done," Fabinho said.

The grinding tools in their factory were all handmade at the beginning. Some old employees who are more powerful can completely recreate a new X2D appearance for Chen Xing. This is not difficult for them, and it is even simpler and more direct. Make a sticker.

But Fabinho disdained to do so.

It would be too perfunctory to use stickers. Chen Xing was not a photographer who came to their company by luck, and Hasselblad did not want to fool him with his request.

This is a person whose video doubled the pre-sale of Hasselblad directly. In case Chen Xing feels dissatisfied and sends a video to criticize, Fabinho is hard to say, and Andy and another person named Pastor The career of the sales manager may be affected.

If it weren't for this kind of influence, they would not treat Chen Xing as formally as they do today.

Fabinho also showed Chen Xing a few plans they had made in advance.

It is to draw the appearance with a computer.

Among them, there are two that Chen Xing likes very much. One is "Retro Fun", which is created according to Chen Xing's previous works. It feels like a camera from the last century. An appearance created based on the series.

"The appearance can be changed, but the scope of the change is actually not too large, otherwise the loss of grip comfort, performance we will optimize for you according to the best, but it is really impossible to update... Do you want to add some Chinese elements, how about pandas?"

"Forget about pandas..."

Too many foreign and domestic products have panda elements, and when I go out with a camera to take pictures, people will see black and white, and they will say it is a panda. vulgar.

Finally decided to put some twists on this retro style.

Fortunately, Chen Xing's sketching skills are very good, otherwise this step may take a few days to explain to Fabinho.

He only thinks that the photos taken by Chen Xing are good-looking, but he really doesn't understand why they are good-looking and what is the Chinese style... He is just a camera maker, and it is normal for people who don't know how to use a camera to think.

In the afternoon, I took a look at the production of the lens in the park, satisfying one of Chen Xing's curiosity.

Before leaving, Andy also gave Chen Xing a new set of lenses, as well as a 35-75 zoom that Chen Xing had never bought.

Sometimes Chen Xing shoots portraits, sometimes landscapes, and sometimes he has to shoot architecture when he encounters a good building. It is really troublesome to change several fixed-focus lenses all the time. It is really inconvenient not to have a good zoom lens.

But have been unable to buy.

Nothing from Hasselblad cameras is a good buy, at least this year.

It may be related to Chen Xing’s video. Before the X2D news broke, Chen Xing bought this camera very well when he got it. At that time, Chen Xing directly bought three fixed focus cameras for commercial photography. The money has been paid, but the product cannot be ordered.

Either it was too expensive and people cheated, and the merchants selling the lenses were not official, and Chen Xing couldn't believe it.

Or let you make an order, and the order will not be delivered to you until you don't know when.

Let’s just talk about this zoom. Chen Xing has been pre-ordering it in the official store of Xingdong for three months, and there is no news yet.

When I came here, it was just a small bag with a camera. When I left, this bag became a camera bag sent by Hasselblad, which contained four lenses—not counting the zoom head on the camera itself.

Great harvest.

Chen Xing was in a good mood, and was still humming when he drove back to the city.

Nathan listened to Chen Xing humming a few songs and asked, "Mr. Chen, do you want to sing together tonight? I think you sing very well."

"Thank you." Chen Xing said with a smile, with a good voice to understand.

The ceiling for amateur music lovers.

After a while, Chen Xing came to his senses and asked, "Is there a KTV in Gothenburg?"

"What is KTV?" Nathan asked in turn.

"It's a place dedicated to singing."

"You mean the bar?"

"No, nothing, what did you want to say just now?"

When Chen Xing heard him sing and sing, he thought there were KTVs in Sweden. There are not many of them in Paris, and most of them are run by Koreans or Chinese. Chen Xing didn’t dare to go to the locations of these stores, so he went abroad. It's been so long, and Chen Xing hasn't had a karaoke song in Europe yet... Bars don't count.

Some lively bars do have people who get drunk and sing, but Chen Xing seldom gets drunk.

He didn't go to the bar to drink.

"The singing I'm talking about is a party in a bar. It's a group of music lovers who like to sing..." Nathan explained, and then he said, "Mr. Chen, I'm very interested in the KTV you mentioned. A place for singing?"

"Well, there are more in Asia, and I rarely see you in Europe."

It turned out to be a bar.

There are many bars in Europe. Chen Xing usually goes to bars that are a little more conspicuous and lively on the street. People go to this kind of bar for fun, and there are more tourists like Chen Xing. It is easy to find some bars that can Someone who can talk.

The other one is more secretive.

But it doesn't mean that this kind of bar is not formal, on the contrary, they are much more formal than the bars Chen Xing goes to, and the people who go there are basically friends, or people who are brought there by friends.

This kind of bar is like a party of small circles.

If a European friend is willing to take you to such a bar, it actually means that he really treats you as a brother and is willing to introduce you to his other friends.

(End of this chapter)